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CHICAGO—91´«Ã½ Editions announces an exciting new workshop, with Amy Alessio. This workshop will last 90 minutes and take place at 2:30pm Eastern/1:30 Central/12:30 Mountain/11:30am Pacific on Thursday, November 10, 2016.

Building Great Programs for Seniors Workshop

A 90-minute workshop, Thursday, November 10, 2016, 2:30pm Eastern/1:30 Central/12:30 Mountain/11:30am Pacific

By building programs that engage and attract active seniors to your library, you can help reinforce your library’s status as an important community center for residents of all ages.

In this workshop, Amy Alessio will provide you with several programming ideas and tips on how to market these programs, so that you can build successful programs that attract more seniors into your library. She has conducted over 250 live programs on related topics at libraries, senior centers, and national conferences including 2013 91´«Ã½ Annual and is recognized as one of the top library programming authorities in the country.

Topics include:

• What subjects are of particular interest to today’s senior citizens and why.
• How to use trends and short programs to replicate and create your own programs.
• How to extend popular topics into clubs or recurring events for seniors.

About the Instructor

Amy Alessio enjoyed the input of teens for over nineteen years as an award winning teen and readers advisory librarian at the Schaumburg Township District Library in Illinois. She is a co-author of both A Year of Programs for Millennials (91´«Ã½ Editions 2015) and Club Programs for Teens (91´«Ã½ Editions, 2015) in addition to other reference titles. Amy enjoys offering presentations about library services or vintage cooking, her passion, across the country. ().

Registration for this 91´«Ã½ Editions Workshop is available on the . You can purchase registration at both and rates.

91´«Ã½ Editions Workshops are designed to give you and your staff the opportunity to participate in a hands-on learning experience that will help you make the best technology decisions for your library.

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